Tarmo Rüütli (born 11 August 1954) is an Estonian

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manager and former

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. As player, Rüütli won the 1985 Estonian Championship with Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK. As manager, he led

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to three Meistriliiga titles and three Estonian Cups, and Flora to one Estonian Cup and one Estonian Supercup. Rüütli has served as the manager of the Estonia national team twice, from 1999 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2013. He led the team to their highest ever FIFA ranking of 47th in 2012, and came close to qualifying for a major tournament for the first time in Estonia's history, reaching the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs.

Honours

Player

Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK * Estonian Championship:

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Manager

Levadia * Meistriliiga:

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

* Estonian Cup: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07 Flora * Estonian Cup: 2008–09 * Estonian Supercup: 2009 Individual * Estonian Coach of the Year: 2011 * EST Order of the White Star - 4th Class BAR

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, 4th Class

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruutli, Tarmo 1954 births Living people Sportspeople from Viljandi Estonian football managers Estonian footballers Soviet footballers FC Flora managers Viljandi JK Tulevik managers FCI Levadia Tallinn managers Estonia national football team managers Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class Association football midfielders Estonian expatriate football managers FC Nõmme United managers